SIMS,EID and flash-filament investigation of O2, H2, (O2 + H2) and H2O interaction with vanadium

Comparative investigations of secondary ion emission, electron induced ion emission and flash filament signals from polycrystalline vanadium surfaces exposed to well-defined O₂, H₂, H₂O and (O₂ + H₂) doses (<500 L) have been carried out. The vanadium target could be heated and bombarded by either electrons (300 eV) or ions (3 keV) under ultra high vacuum conditions (<10^?10 Torr). The investigations were carried out with a computer controlled ultra high vacuum mass spectrometer. The experimental results establish exact reproducible spectra of well defined surface layers. They give detailed insight into the reactions between H₂, O₂ H₂O and vanadium, and some interactions between these species. They further indicate the importance of bulk and surface diffusion as well as the influence of the probing ion and electron bombardment. A clear distinction between bulk oxygen, surface oxides, and adsorbed oxygen for the vanadium-oxygen interaction at room temperature could be established. For the interaction of hydrogen with clean and oxygen covered vanadium surfaces the formation of adsorbed hydrogen, bulk solution of hydrogen, and the formation of OH groups and H₂O could be demonstrated. A detection limit below 10^?5 of one single monolayer for metal bonded hydrogen could be established.     

Surface complexes formed by monohydric alcohols on lithium

The He(I) photoelectron spectra of clean polycrystalline evaporated lithium films exposed to ethanol (g), n-propanol (g), and n-butanol (g) in UHV are reported. The formation of alkoxy-type surface species RO/Li (surf), at subsaturation coverages is indicated from the spectra in each case. No evidence for decomposition of the RO/Li (surf) complexes at room temperature was found. Reactivity was not indicated on exposure of clean lithium to 100 L or more of NH₃, diethylether, N₂, CO, or ethylene. Interpretation of the spectra was supported through ab initio molecular orbital calculations for models of the type RO/Li_nH_m (4? _n ?9, m = 0 or 1) as well as LiOCH₃ and LiOCH₂CH₃. Calculations including geometric variations of the methoxy group relative to the faces of fixed clusters of lithium atoms were used to locate sites of minimum energy. On the (110) face, oxygen is above a 3-atom hollow formed by two pair of near neighbor lithium atoms and one pair of next near neighbor lithium atoms. The OC direction is normal to the plane of the lithiums. On (100) the O forms a bridge between pairs of near neighbor lithiums 3.509 Å apart while on (111) oxygen forms a bridge between near neighbor lithiums 3.03 Å apart. In these bridges the OC direction is normal to the LiLi axis.     

Kinematics of the reaction H2O+(H2,H)H3O+

The kinematics of the reaction H₂O⁺(H₂,H)H₃O⁺ were studied in crossed-beam experiments in the low collision-energy range 0.1–2 eV (c.m.). The scattering diagrams, center-of-mass angular distributions, and product relative translational energy distributions obtained show that the reaction proceeds predominantly by the impulsive, stripping mechanism. The translational exoergicity vs. collision energy plot obeys the spectator-stripping prediction.     

On the additivity of atomic and molecular dipole properties and dispersion energies using H,N, O,H2, N2, O2, NO,N2O,NH3 and H2O as models

The zeroth-order theory of intermolecular forces is used to derive additivity relations for rotationally averaged molecular dipole properties and dispersion energy constants by assuming that a molecule is comprised of non-interacting atoms or molecules. Some of the additivity rules are new and others, for example the mixture rule for dipole oscillator strength distributions (DOSDs), Bragg's rule for stopping cross sections and Landolt's rule for molecular refractivities, are well known. The additivity rules are tested by using previously constructed DOSDs and reliable values for the dipole oscillator strength sums S_k , L_k and I_k , and dispersion energy constants C ₆, for H, N, O, H₂, N₂, O₂, NO, N₂O, NH₃ and H₂O as models. It is found that additivity is generally unreliable for estimating molecular properties corresponding to k < -2. Generally for k ≥ -2 and for C ₆, and if the hydrogen molecule is used to represent the hydrogen atom in the additivity rules, the additivity relations yield results that are reliable to within ?20 per cent and the estimates improve substantially as k increases. The effects of molecule formation on DOSDs is examined by comparing the various molecular DOSDs with the sum of the DOSDs for the atoms making up the molecules. Molecule formation results in a net decrease in the amount of dipole oscillator strength for low excitation energies and a compensating net increase for higher energies in a region extending from the absorption threshold to about 100 eV. This is shown to imply that estimates of the stopping average energy I ₀, obtained by using bona fide atomic I ₀ values, are lower bounds to the correct molecular I ₀ results.     

A study on detonation-diffraction reflection point distances in H2/O2, C2H2/O2, and C2H4/O2 systems

Recently, Kawasaki and Kasahara (2019) reported that reflection point distance, which is a detonation characteristic length relevant to the diffraction process, is a useful measure; i.e., the critical condition for detonation diffraction can be universally expressed in terms of the diffraction point distance, independent of mixture stability. However, their findings were limited to their experimental conditions only. In this study, we performed high-speed visualization of processes of cylindrical (line-symmetric) detonation diffraction around a 90-degree corner for two series of experiments to obtained reflection point distances, l_r, as a novel characteristic length, and examined critical conditions of reinitiation expressed in terms of the reflection point distance. In the first experimental series, stoichiometric C₂H₂/O₂ mixtures with 50% Ar dilution were employed, and the channel width l_c was varied to 5, 10, 15, and 20 mm to investigate the influences of the boundary condition of the flow field. In the second experimental series, H₂/O₂, C₂H₂/O₂, or C₂H₄/O₂ mixtures with different equivalence ratios were employed to investigate influences of the reaction systems. Our results confirmed that the channel width does not affect the reflection point distance or the critical condition. The critical condition was also independent of fuel species and equivalence ratio, and can be uniquely expressed as l_r / l_c = 4.0 ± 0.6 in terms of the reflection point distance.     

The thermodynamic properties of lithium peroxide,Li2O2

Recently, Cota et al. gave an improved crystal structure of lithium peroxide. For the sake of investigation of the thermal properties for this structure of Li₂O₂, the Debye model is adopted in our work. This model combines with the ab initio calculations within local density approximation (LDA) using pseudopotentials and a planewave basis in the framework of density functional theory (DFT), and it takes into account the phononic effects within the quasi-harmonic approximation. We find that our calculated lattice constant using this model is in excellent agreement with the data from Cota et al. Based on the first principles study and the Debye model, the thermal properties including the equation of state, the Debye temperature, the heat capacity and the thermal expansion are obtained in the whole pressure range from 0 to 10 GPa and temperature range from 0 to 500 K.     

Steric effect in O+/H2 and H+/H2O collisions

The positive water and hydronium ions are of interest in a variety of chemical and biological applications. Here we study the steric effect in charge transfer collisions, i.e. the spatial dependence of single electron capture, in collisions mediated by these ions. In particular, the steric effect is demonstrated in the O⁺(²D)/H₂ and H⁺/H₂O charge transfer collisions in the energy range of 100 eV/amu to 10 keV/amu.     

Adsorption of H2O, OH, and O on CuCl(111) Surface: A Density Functional Theory Study

运用广义梯度密度泛函理论(GGA)的PW91方法结合周期平板模型研究了H2O在CuCl (111)表面上的吸附及分解. 通过构型优化参数的计算和比较发现：对于O和OH,三重穴位吸附较为稳定,吸附能分别为309.5和416.5 kJ/mol;水分子与预吸附氧的表面作用时分解成为OH,并放热180.1 kJ/mol. 同时对于吸附前后的吸附O与表面Cu的伸缩振动频率、态密度以及吸附质与底物的电荷转移情况进行了计算和分析,并给出了可能的分解反应机理.     

Angular distribution of the photoelectron spectrum of CO2, COS,CS2, N2O,H2O,and H2S

The photoelectron spectra of the triatomic molecules CO₂, COS, CS₂, N₂O, H₂O, and H₂S have been measured as a function of the angle θ between the direction of the incoming photon and outgoing photoelectron. The photoelectron spectra have been measured with a double-focusing electrostatic electron spectrometer to which has been attached a chamber containing a gas discharge lamp that can be freely rotated. (The photon source used was the 21.22 eV He I resonance line). From the dependence of intensity as a function of θ the angular parameter β was determined for each ionization band observed in the photoelectron spectra. A correlation was noted between the values of β and the molecular orbitals relative to the contributions of oxygen and sulfur atomic orbitals. Individual β values were also obtained for most of the vibrational bands seen in the photoelectron spectra. In most cases the vibrational structure showed little or no change in the angular parameter for a given electronic state. In certain cases, however, such as the fourth ionization band in CS₂, CO₂, and COS, rather sizeable changes in β were observed for the different vibrational bands.     

Real-gas properties of n-alkanes, O2, N2, H2O, CO, CO2, and H2 for diesel engine operation conditions

The objective of the research outlined in this paper was to develop the analytical approximations for calculating real-gas properties (p-v-T data, thermodynamic functions: internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy, and specific heats) of vapor-phase n-alkanes from C₁ (methane) to C₁₄ (normal tetradecane), O₂, N₂, H₂O, CO, CO₂, and H₂ within the range of pressure 0.05 MPa ≤ p ≤ 20 MPa and temperature 280 K ≤ T ≤ 3000 K aimed for implementation into computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-codes simulating the operation process in modern Diesel engines. The analytical approximations have been developed based on available literature data and on the new equation of state for moderately dense gases. The approximations reported are rather simple and therefore can be used directly in CFD codes. Approximations for mixing rules are also provided.     

UV absorption cross section of the molecules O2, NO,N2O,CO2, H2O,and NO2

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 455–465, March, 1990.     

A new force field for the adsorption of H2, O2, N2, CO,H2O,and H2S gases on alkali doped carbon nanotubes

The main goal of this work is the generation of a new force field data set to the interaction of several gases such as H₂, O₂, N₂, CO, H₂O, and H₂S with alkali cation-doped carbon nanotubes (CNTs) using ab initio calculations at the MP2(full)/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory. Different alkali cations including Li⁺, Na⁺_, K⁺ and Cs⁺ were used to dope in the CNT. The calculated potential energy curve for the interaction of each gas molecule with each alkali cation-doped CNTs was fitted to an analytical potential function to obtain the parameters of the potential function. A modified Morse potential function was selected for the fitting in which the electrostatic interactions has been accounted by adding the β/r term to the Morse potential. The accuracy of the calculated force field was checked via Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulation of the H₂ adsorption on Li-doped graphite and Li-doped CNT. The results of these simulations were compared with the experimental measurements and the closeness of the simulation results with the experimental data indicated the accuracy of the proposed force field. The main merit of this work is the derivation of a specific force field for interaction of each of six gases with four alkali cation-doped CNT, which can be used in molecular simulation of these 24 of systems. The simulation results showed the increase of the H₂ adsorption capacity of nanotube and graphite up to 50% and 10%, respectively, due to the insertion of Li ions.     

甘氨酸与水分子间相互作用的理论研究

在密度泛函(DFT)B3LYP/6_311++G(3d,3p)水平,对中性甘氨酸的最小点结构Ip和H2O分子间可能存在的氢键复合物进行全自由度能量梯度优化,发现了三个氢键极小结构A、C和E,其中结构A为最稳定结构,它是H2O与甘氨酸的羧基(-COOH)形成两个氢键的结构,具有C1对称性.分别采用密度泛函理论(DFT)和MP2方法,在6-311++G(3d,3p)水平,对结构A的结构和结合能进行了比较计算,得到结合能ΔEDFT为-41.88 kJ/mol,ΔEMP2为-40.34 kJ/mol.     

Protonic conductivity and lithium intercalation in a new iron hydroxyphosphate hydrate: (H3O)[Fe(H2O)]3[H8(PO4)6]·3H2O

A new hydroxonium iron phosphate, (H₃O)[Fe(H₂O)]₃[H₈(PO₄)₆]·3H₂O, was synthesized through a precipitation route by means of acidic media. The crystal structure was solved by X-ray powder diffraction. Electrochemical characterizations, performed on this compound, show reversible intercalation of lithium and substantial lithium diffusion. Protonic conductivity is observed in agreement with the simultaneous presence of H₂O, hydrated protons and OH groups in the large intersecting tunnels of this intersecting tunnel structure.     

HX与H_2O分子间氢键理论研究

在B3LYP/6-311++G~(**)水平上对H_2O与HX(F,C1,Br,I)分子间形成的(H_2O)_2HX和H_2O(HX)_2六元环氢键复合物的构型进行了全优化,频率计算表明,所有构型中O(2)—H(1),O(6)—H(5)及X(6)—H(5)的伸缩振动频率均发生红移,而对于X(4)—H(3)的伸缩振动频率在(H_2O)_2HF、(H_2O)_2HCl、H_2O(HF)_2体系中发生红移,在(H_2O)_2HBr、(H_2O)_2HI、H_2O(HCl)_2、H_2O(HBr)_2、H_2O(HI)_2体系中发生蓝移.在MP2/6-311++G~(**)水平上计算了体系的相互作用能,得到F、Cl、Br所形成的复合物其总相互作用能均为负值,而I形成的复合物其总相互作用能为正值.采用SCRF(PCM)方法研究了体系的溶剂化效应,结果表明溶剂化效应使复合物更稳定.自然键轨道(NBO))分析表明,复合物分子中的直接超共轭作用,导致了复合物中O(2)—H(1)、O(6)—H(5)及X(6)—H(5)键有所拉长,同时增加了复合物的稳定性.综合分析得到八种复合物的稳定性顺序为:H_2O(HF)_2(H_2O)_2HF(H_2O)_2HCl(H_2O)_2HBrH_2O(HCl)_2H_2O(HBr)_2(H_2O)_2HIH_2O(HI)_2.     

Correlation between 31P chemical shift tensor and local structure in lithium cyclohexaphosphates Li6P6O18 x 3H2O and Li6P6O18

To understand the surprising behavior between the variations of the P'-P-P" angles and the correlated variations of the O'-P-O" ones, two lithium cyclohexaphosphate compounds Li6P6O18 x 3H2O and Li6P6O18 are studied by solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The two compounds exhibit the same [P6O18]6- ring anions but with 3m or 1 internal symmetry, respectively. Such symmetries induce local distortions that are exhibited by NMR spectroscopy. One-dimensional (1D) NMR gives information on structural sites of 7Li and 31P ions and the crystallographic non-equivalencies are observed. Nevertheless, in the anhydrous compound, X-ray diffraction and NMR results do not completely agree and some discrepancy exists between the number of sites observed with the first technique and the number of lines exhibited in the NMR spectra either for 7Li or 31P nuclei. This problem is elucidated by using 2D double quantum NMR spectroscopy coupled with theoretical considerations. We find that the 31P chemical shift tensor is dependent on the deviations of the O-P-O angles from those in the regular tetrahedron. Within the same empirical model, we suggest that the surprising behavior between the variations of the P'-P-P" and the ones of the O'-P-O" is related to the overall charge on the PO4 group. We also find the positions of the isotropic lines for 7Li essentially depend on the site co-ordination of this nuclei.